 If government were a matter of will upon any side, yours, without question, ought to be superior. But government and legislation are matters of reason and judgment, and not of inclination ; and what sort of reason is that in which the determination precedes...  The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke - Seite 14von Edmund Burke - 1807Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Cornelius Beach Bradley - 1894 - 398 Seiten
...but his judgment ; and he betrays, instead of serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion. . . . Government and legislation are matters of reason and...hundred miles distant from those who hear the arguments ? " For six years the proud merchants of Bristol were content to be served by a man of this sort. But... | |
 | Cornelius Beach Bradley - 1894 - 408 Seiten
...sacrifices it to your opinion. . . . Government and legislation are matters of reason and judgment, ami not of inclination ; and what sort of reason is that...hundred miles distant from those who hear the arguments ? " For six years the proud merchants of Bristol were content to be served by a man of this sort. But... | |
 | Cornelius Beach Bradley - 1894 - 410 Seiten
...but his judgment ; and he betrays, instead of serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion. . . . Government and legislation are matters of reason and judgment, and not of inclination ; and what sftrt of reason is thnt in which the determination precedes the discussion, in which one set of men... | |
 | Thomas Erskine May - 1895 - 486 Seiten
...but his judgment ; and he betrays, instead of serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion. . . Government and legislation are matters of reason and...which one set of men deliberate, and another decide ? . . Parliament is not a congress of ambassadors from different and hostile interests ; . . but Parliament... | |
 | Thomas Erskine May - 1895 - 496 Seiten
...but his-judgment; and he betrays, instead of serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion. . . Government and legislation are matters of reason and...reason is that in which the determination precedes the discussion,—in which one set of men deliberate, and another decide ? . . Parliament is not a congress... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1896 - 338 Seiten
...If government, were a matter of will upon any side. yours, without question, ought to be superior. But government and legislation are matters of reason...reason is that, in which the determination precedes 5 the discussion ; in which one set of men deliberate, and another decide ; and where those who form... | |
 | Fred Newton Scott, Joseph Villiers Denney - 1897 - 424 Seiten
...government were a matter of will upon any side, yours, without question, ought to be superior. 11. But government and legislation are matters of reason...hundred miles distant from those who hear the arguments ? 12. To deliver an opinion is the right of all men; that of constituents is a weighty and respectable... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1897 - 238 Seiten
...his judgment; and he betrays you instead of serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion. . . . Government and legislation are matters of reason and...hundred miles distant from those wh'o hear the arguments ? " * These principles he heartily followed in practice. For example, in 1778 a bill was proposed for... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1897 - 232 Seiten
...his judgment ; and he betrays you instead of serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion. . . . Government and legislation are matters of reason and...hundred miles distant from those who hear the arguments ? " l These principles he heartily followed in practice. For example, in 1778 a bill was proposed for... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1897 - 238 Seiten
...his judgment ; and he betrays you instead of serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion. . . . Government and legislation are matters of reason and...hundred miles distant from those who hear the arguments ? " ' These principles he heartily followed in practice. For example, in 1778 a bill was proposed for... | |
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